Heroes of the Lance
Platform: ZX Spectrum
Region: UK
Media: Snapshot
Controller: Kempston, Interface 2 and Keyboa
Genre: Adventure - Role Playing Game
Gametype: Undefined
Release Year: 1988
Developer: Adventuresoft UK Ltd
Publisher: US Gold Ltd
Players: 1
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Based on the later parts of the Dragonlance book Dragons of Autumn Twilight, the heroes descend into a ruined city in search of the disks of Mishakal.

The gameplay consists of horizontal fighting with a maze like map using doors to change the view. The party consists of the 8 Heroes of the Lance, using one at a time and the player can switch between them at any time. Each character has different types of attacks and spells making them more suited to fighting different enemies as well as acting as lives.

One of the AD&D games that takes a break from the usual RPG style.

Trivia:

The game box's cover features a painting by artist Jeff Easley, also used as the front cover to Richard A. Knaak's 1988 Dragonlance novel "The Legend of Huma".

The title screen is an adaptation of a painting by Clyde Caldwell, earlier the cover to Tracy Hickman's 1984 RPG module "Dragons of Despair".


http://www.mobygames.com/game/zx-spectrum/heroes-of-the-lance
